The Poetics of Aristotle

The Dispositions Consequent on Wealth

The Dispositions of Men in Power, and of the Fortu-

nate

ASCHAM, ROGER

The Education of a Gentleman

The Literature of Chivalry

ATHENÆUS

What Men Fight about Most

ATTERBURY, FRANCIS

Harmony and the Passions

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES

The Mocking Bird

The Wood Thrush

AUGUSTINE, SAINT

LIVED

1786-1853

chases

1823-1900

Conquest

384-322 B. C.

1822-1888

c. 95-c. 180 A. D.

1515-1568

The Humming Bird and the Poetry of Spring

Life in the Woods

Third Century A. D.

1662-1732

1780-1851

354-430 A. D. ·

Concerning Imperial Power and the Kingdom of

God

Kingdoms without Justice Like unto Thievish Pur-

Domestic Manifestations of the Roman Spirit of

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AURELIUS, MARCUS

AUSTIN, ALFRED

Meditations on the Highest Usefulness

The Apostle of Culture

BACON, FRANCIS

Of Truth

Of Death

Of Revenge

Of Adversity

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

Of Parents and Children

Of Marriage and Single Life

Of Envy

Of Love

Of Great Place

Of Boldness

Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

Of Atheism

Of Superstition

Of Negotiating

Of Studies

Of Praise

Of Vainglory

Of Honor and Reputation

LIVED

C. 121-180 A. D.

BAGEHOT, WALTER

The Natural Mind in Man

1835-

Of Anger

Of Riches

Of Nature in Men

Of Custom and Education

Of Fortune

Of Usury

Of Youth and Age

Of Beauty

Of Delays

Of Cunning

Of Wisdom for a Man's Self

Of Innovations

The Advancement of Learning

The Central Thought of the "Novum Organum "

1826-1877

1561-1626

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VOLUME I

Justice David J. Brewer (Portrait, Photogravure)
Joseph Addison (Portrait, Photogravure)

Rev. Lancelot Addison's Parsonage (Photogravure)
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (Portrait, Photogravure)
Michael Angelo and Pope Julius II. Viewing the Apollo
Belvidere (Photogravure)

Aristotle (Portrait, Photogravure)

John James Audubon (Portrait, Photogravure)

Francis Bacon (Photogravure)

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